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Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis reticulata)Observer
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Really quite remarkable trees, while some looked like just mere bushes there were some that had reached well over 15’ in height.
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Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)Observer
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Found on top of the small knoll we were camped at. This was the largest of the 5 horned lizards we found that day
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Western Poplar Sphinx (Pachysphinx occidentalis)Observer
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Found by my daughter midday on our house
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Straight-faced Windscorpions (Family Eremobatidae)Observer
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Thank you for helping identify this as a windscorpion. Found by my daughter at dusk in neighbors driveway.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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Found along the Glenwood canyon bike trail on a dead milkweed plant. Given it was only about 40 deg and snow should be falling anytime now his prospects look grim.
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Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)Observer
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Found on an outside door handle, took pictures and set him on fence as we were headed out the door. Was gone about an hour later when we returned
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Plateau Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)Observer
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My little explorers found this guy stuck in our window well. We rescued him and observed him for a few hours before letting him go well away from window wells.
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
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This is the biggest type of this spider I've seen
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Hardwood Stump Borer (Mallodon dasystomus)Observer
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Found inside bore holes roughly .5 in diameter in a dead section of a tree in my backyard.
